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J A lf were submitted as candidates for the | aan 4 WAY WHITEY, i... = Twelve Nominated For Mayor at Representative {lor Ed, i Three Names Submitted for Reeve and Three for Dep- uty Reeve at Whitby -- Seventeen Nominated for "Town Council the meeting which followed, ed J, W, Bateman, Horace croft, R, J. Underw miston, F, H, Irwin, (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, Jan, 2, -- Twelve names Will Not Run mayoralty, three for reeve, three for deputy reeve, seventeen for council, three for the public utility commis. sion and six for the board of educa tion at the nomination meeting held in the town hall auditorium last Monday night from 7.30 to 8.30 o'clock. Town Clerk J. R, Frost was in charge and all nominations were received in good time, A large au- dience of ratepayers was on hand and keen interest was taken in the pro ceedings. Nominations closed sharp at 8.80 o'clock and upon motion of Seymour Whitney, a candidate for He given until today noon to Several of those mentioned offices in the council, Last night's ated Storage very low rates at MERCURY SERVICE LIMITED Phone 901 Meeting of Ratepayers the mayoralty, Town Clerk Frost was requested to act as chairman for Those nominated as mayor includ; M.D, Albert W, Jackson, ¥. L, Bee: , Jas, H, Op . R, Blow, R, A. Hutchison, Chas, E, Bowman, Jas, M.. Kenny and Seymour Whitney, Of these, all but Mayor Bateman, E. R, Blow and Seymour Whitney definitely announced that they would not seek the position as Whithy's first citizen, Candidates however are ualify, mitted that they were candidates for other meeting 1s sald to have been the most enthusiastic in years and the candidates for the various positions found themselves before an interested if mot critical audience, Bach speaker however was given a courteous hearing in spite a » . of the fact that it was almost mid. night and the mew year before the last candidate had left the platform and the Nationa! Anthem was sung. A contest is also promised for the reeveship as Reeve Albert W. Jack- son is again in the fleld opposed by J. M, Kenny, a former member of the council, The third nominee, Council: Bowman, was nominated as deputy reeve and told the ratepayers that he would qualify for the latter office, He 1s opposing Deputy Reeve R, J. Underwood, § Two For Council There are at least two new candi. dates for council in the persons of Robert Reid and Wm, Davidson who both declared themselves from the public platform last night, Unless other nominees qualify or the re- maining members of last year's coun- cil seek re-election there will be an acclamation in council, Andrew M, Ross and Wm, J. Luke were elected by acclamation to the publis utility commission, when eeve Jackson, the third nominee an. nounced that he was not a candidate, Both Mr, Ross and Mr, Luke have been associated with the commission for a number of years, Mayor John W. Bateman was the first speaker to take the public plat. form, His Worship stated that nom- | ination night might be looked upon as a day of reckoning, but he de clared that the council of 1928 had no sins to answer for, "Never before," Mayor Bateman said, "in my experience in public life have I been associated with a more faithful body of men." Sometimes Enmity His Worship admitted that there were times when there was strife in the council but he pointed out that disputes and enmities were never car- ried beyond the council chamber, There had heen progress during the year and in this connection he made reference to the erection of stop signs on the streets, the purchase of a tractor for local road work and scales, In spite of the overdraft of $7,134.78 as shown in the financial statement the town was in a pros perous condition, Mayor Bateman explained that the overdraft was due principally to the fact that the coun- cil failed to strike the estimates at a high enough figure in its anxiety to keep the tax rate down, It bad persuaded the Board of Education to pare its estimate by $1,600 but re- cently the board had found that this additional grant was required, The council had no means of ascertaining the County Rate for 1928 and it was increased by $1286.51, New weigh scales had to be purchased at a cost of $1100, There was a small over- draft in the expenditures of the re Hef committee but he pointed out that the money had been well spent to assist destitute families and in this regard he wished to commend the chairman, Councillor Ormiston for the manner in which the commit. tee's work had been handled, There had also been an overdraft in the ex- penditures of the Streets Committee but value had been received and the unpaved streets were in better con- dition than at any time - previous. the installation of the new weigh | OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1929 TE The upkeep of the town's streets Mayor Bateman regarded as an im- portant problem and expressed the view that pavements or gravelled roads were an absolyte necessity, He would advocate that the council of next year purchase a truck for haul ing gravel as a matter of economy, a Issues Warning 4 Mayor Bateman warned the elec. tors that they need not look forward to lower taxes as this would be im: ble in a growing community, owever he had been assured by the assessor that the town's assessment would be increased by $50,000 in 1029 due to the number of new build: ings which had been erected in 1928, This added revenue would help to meet the overdraft and care for new ures, In conclusion he th his mover and seconder and forecasted a happy and prosperous new year for Whitby, Dr, H, Bascom, chairman of the Board of Education, took advantage of his nomination to give an account of the stewardship of the Board, Dr. Bascom disclaimed any ambitions for further municipal honors and said that his name would not be on the ballot slip, He traced the growth in education here to the year 1912 when he first came to town, At that time he stated the mchool buildings of Whitby were not in the best shape as all were old structures in need of repair. However improvements were made and now the town possessed three good public schools and a fine high school, The high school in particular had made strides and he was proud to say that within three years the attendance had increased 260 percent, A few years ago two new class rooms were added while in 1027 a new gymnasium, assembly hall and extra class room were built. The public school attendance had also increased, the chairman stated, and the board would shortly be faced with the necessity of adding an addition to the King street school, Dr. Bascom referred to the urchase of the Wilson residence on iilep street and its subsequent re- modelling into a building to house the agriculture department of the high school. The total cost had not exceeded $7,000 whereas If the high school had been extended it wor' have cost $20,000, Equipment to the value of $600 would be installed but the speaker explained that this would be paid for in full by grants from the government, Co-Operative Dr. Bascom had a good word to say for the 1928 council and stated that it had always been courteous and willing to co-operate when deal- ing with the board. "It's the old story," declared Reeve Jackson," who announced that he would seek his fifth consecutive year as reeve, Unlike the members of the gentler sex Reeve Jackson did not hesitate to tell his age. He claimed that he had spent fifty-seven of his fifty-eight years in Whitby and had Minny years of experience in public e. "The members of the council do not come to you tonight under ecir- cumstances altogether pleasing," the reeve told the electorate. "There |counetl. has been too much petty criticism thrown at those attempting to serve the municipality, Let us get away from this holedn-the-wall talk." He made mention of a report that had been brought to him to the ef: fect that he had got a garage out of a school board deal. The reeve then explained that as a real estate dealer he had been requested by his client Mr. Wilson to approach the school board with respect to the purchase of the Wilson property. Mr, Wilson wished to sell at a cash price of $4, 600 reserving the garage while the school board offered §4,000, A com» promise had finally been arranged and the owner of the property agreed to sell for $4,100 still reserving the garage, This was effected and in- stead of taking cash the speaker stated that he accepted the garage as his commission, The reeve thought it unfortunate that the harmful talk of certain persons had made it necessary for him to go into this mat ter of his own private business at a public meeting, Finances ; The speaker expressed the opinion that the town was in good financial condition, He referred to the co-op- eration householders had given when the council introduced a '"paint-up and clean-up" campaign. Reeve Jack- son referred to his long experience in municipal affairs and told the elec- tors that he was willing to again of- fer his services, Concerning the over- draft he mentioned that the coun- cil had spent more money than it had collected but value had been re- ceived an it was bequeathirg a work well done, Special attention had been paid to the streets and he wished to commend Councillor Frank Thread- gold for his splendid work in this regard, At this juncture the reeve announced that he would speak again when his name was called a second time, F. L. Beecroft thanked his mover and seconder but denied that he would be a candidate for the mayor- alty, He was satisfied to remain in the school board. Park Extension In alluding to the park extension, Deputy Reeve R. J, Underwood point- ed out that he had purchased the old factory property to the north of the park for his own purposes and had not thought of selling it to the town until it had been suggested by Mr. F. H, Annis, He denied that if the property were sold. there would be any comrission for his agent, Mr. Jackson, In speaking on behalf of Reeve Jackson he pointed out that last year in county council $3,600 had been brought back to Whitby in re- bates on the amount paid into the county treasury for road purposes solely through his efforts, The year previous the recve had fought hard for Whitby's rights in the equaliza- tion of asscssments and had saved the municipality $4000 a year over a period of five years. As deputy reeve he wished to give the credit to Reeve Jackson. If re-elected, Mr, Under- wood promised to work for the best interests of the municipality, h r nce Ex-Mayor E. R, Blow stated that he would not definitely announce whether he was a candidate for the mayoralty. He declared that this was at least his 35th appearance upon the public platform, During his last five years in municipal life he stated that the town had never been in better financial position. He alluded to the part he played in interesting the Canadian Pacific in extending a lake shore route through Whitby, Oshawa, Bowmanville and Port Hope. With reference to the park project Mr. Blow declared that the town was not in a position to afford this extra ex, .nditure and if more playgrounds were desired he would suggest cut- ting down the inner row of trees, He pointed out that during his regime as. mayor the waterworks and sew- age system werc installed .iere. R. A. Hutchison denied that he would be a candidate for mayor, He expressed himself, however, as fav- oring the park extension project and gave reason that everything possible should ¢ done to encourage clean been affirmed, The reeve had in- sisted that Whitby was entitled to che full amount and his contention was upheld by the chief engineer. In conclusion, Reeve Jackson de- clared that he would seek re-elec don and would abide by the opiu- ion of the people at the polls, Im t Man "Our reeve is an important man, He tells us no other can éarry on as he has carried on," stated J, M, wenpy, who declared that he would contést the reeveship, Mr, Kenny claimed to have wide experience and pointed out that in eleven years of residence in Whitby he had served in the council for seven years, Two years ago, he claimed that he had planned to rum for reeve but bad withdrawn when it became known that Reeve Jack son, if elected, would be made war den of the cousty, He had expect: ed him to step out after that, but he had not done so, Mr, Kenny thought that there were others who should be reeve in lieu of long ser- vice in the council, Censors n The ex-councillor censored th# council for {ts action in the grave! pit deal, He declared that it hac made bad friends with the town too, because of the delay causé by the dispute, $500 more had te be expended on roads than neces» sary. In Protest He was standing in protest to the treatment which had been ac- corded to the representative of the Hardwood Flooring Co, at the public meeting held here recently. He did not think that courtesy had been extended to this man who was present as a guest of the town, He declared that if elected he would serve the town humbly and well, Councillor Frank Threadgold, chairman of the streets committee, who will again stand for council explained the work which had been done on streets this year, He dis- agreed with the opinion of the pre- vious speaker that the expenditure of $600 was additional because even the court had agreed that the gravel secured from the lakeshore was better than pit gravel. Coun- eillor Threadgold said he would vote against the park extension by- law, Aided Considerably Deputy Reeve Underwood un- derstood that he would be opposed by Councillor Bowman, He noint. ed out that in his own business he had done much for Whithy by er- ecting $160,000 worth of new buildings within a period of a few vears, "I am coming out for deputy reeve and if defeated vou will fin (Continued on Page B) ship and had not acted fairly. Ther | INVENTORY My. Business Man Make out your inventory on properly ani conveniently printed INVENTORY FORMS May be had with or without binders. . Mundy Printing Company PHONE 35 I To the Electors of the Township of East Whitby Your vote and influence are respectfully requested for the election of EDGAR L. GLOVER As Counsellor for the year 1920 With best wishes for the New Year, ede 0 a 20 Cala viele) sfpeieslorivlprielodorlled - Ee ---- expired sport in Whitby. "Put On the Lid" "Put on the lid in municipal ex- penditures," counselled Seymour | \hitney who was named as a can- | d.date for the mayoralty. Mr. Whit- | ney said that he would make econ- | omy his watchword if he should see his way clear to run for office. As president of the South Ward Rate- payers' Association he had been ask- ed by many to offer his services but being in the employ of the Ontario government he doubted whether it would be advisable on his part. Gravel Pit Deal Reeve Jackson who again took the platform traced the various steps in the town's gravel pit deal with the tended that the town had acted ig good faith as was shown by the fact that it was awarded damages and the right to enter the pit by the court. With reference © the Hardwood government and the township. He con- | Flooring Co. proposition, the reeve gave proof that he had but acted with the whole council when it was decided that the matter of voting the company funds would not be submit- ted to the people until the company ve assurance that it had secured 000 in working capital. He asked whether the council should be con- | demned or commended when it sought to protect the best interests of the municipality. He promised that he would be a strong supporter for any industry which could stand on its own feet. Years' Experience The reeve made mention of his eight years of experience in county He had always attempted to take a broad county view, but ualization of curing $3.686 for Whitby. A clause in the Highways Act had been brought to his atten- tion by the engineer, H. L. Pringle. He had interpreted the clause to mean that Whitby was entitled to the rebate but could secure no le- gal opinion on this point. 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